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By Kanishka Singh<\/p>\n
Kanye West\u2019s Twitter and Instagram accounts were restricted over the weekend, with the social media platforms saying they removed the rapper\u2019s posts after online users condemned them as anti-Semitic.<\/p>\n
He was first locked out of his Instagram by Facebook parent Meta Platforms on Friday, after which he took to Twitter where he tweeted on Saturday for the first time in two years. <\/p>\n
West\u2019s first post on Twitter since 2020 was a blurry photo of the rapper and Meta Platforms founder Mark Zuckerberg singing karaoke. The tweet said: \u201cLook at this Mark How you gone kick me off instagram.\u201d <\/p>\n
West then tweeted: \u201cYou guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.\u201d That post, in which he said he wasn\u2019t anti-Semitic, has been removed by Twitter due to a violation of its policies. His account was also locked, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The step by Twitter to lock the rapper\u2019s account was noteworthy because billionaire Elon Musk, who has said he would buy Twitter and calls himself a free speech absolutist, had welcomed West\u2019s return to the platform and replied to a post by the rapper tweeting: \u201cWelcome back to Twitter, my friend!\u201d <\/p>\n
West has also previously made erratic online posts. Earlier this year, he was suspended from Instagram for 24 hours after he directed racial slurs at comedian Trevor Noah. <\/p>\n
Before he took to Twitter early on Saturday, West, who has legally changed his name to Ye, had his Instagram account suspended after a since-removed post in which he invoked anti-Semitic tropes, accusing a musician of being controlled by \u201cthe Jewish people\u201d. <\/p>\n
The company said on Saturday that temporary restrictions on posting, commenting and messaging were imposed on West\u2019s Instagram account.<\/p>\n